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THE MORNING NEWS,
established 1860. - . Incorporated 1888.
1. H. ESTILL, President.
TROUBLE WITH THEIR HORSES.
may cause a prolongation of
THE CAMPAIGN.
Both British and Boers Are Losing
Them—Situation nt tile Tngpln
River—Two Reports of the Fight
nt Colenao—Disaffection of the
< npe Colony Dutch—Ladysmith
-till Holding; Out—Serious Question
of Contraband Supplies.
London, Dec. 26, 4:30 a. m.—Up to this
b ir nothing has arrived from South Af
r, a that would Indicate any change In
tnr- military situation there.
The war office is Issuing lists of further
deaths and wounded, as well as accounts
of sickness. The most serious report of
the last class Is that horse sickness ha3
broken out in both Mrltish and Boer camps
in Natal.
Four hundred British cavalry horses, It
L said, have already been shot, owing to
tho occurrence of glanders. The disease
i- likely to spread wijth much greater ra
pidity among the British horses than
among the hardy Boer ponies, and this
m ty mean a considerable prolongation of
the campaign. Horse sickness in South
Africa generally appears during the lat
ter part of January and last three months.
The present outbreak Is unusually early.
A dispatch from Chievely, dated Tues.
day, Dec. 19, says:
"The British naval guns have destroyed
the Colenso foot bridge, thus preventing
the Boers holding any position south of
the Tugela river. The enemy are taking
up fresh positions on the eastern side,
rearer the British camp.
The British position at Frere is being
strengthened. The Tugela river is rising
and there is a prospect of heavy rains.
' A Iwo hours* bombardment of Lady
smith has been heard from here. Ac
cording to reliable native reports, the
Boers had 200 killed in the fight at Co
lenso.”
The news that the Colenso foot bridge
had been destroyed seems to show that
Gen. Duller is more anxious to keep the
enemy at bay than to attempt a further
advance.
Ilian flection of the Dutch.
Despite the severity of the censorship,
hints are being continually received of the
serious spread of Dutch disaffection, in
both the Queenstown district of Cape Col
ony and Natal.
A correspondent of the Daily Mail at
Pietermaritzburg says:
"The extent of Dutch disaffection should
make the imperial authorities realize the
m gnitude of the task before them.”
There are unconfirmed reports from
Cape Town that Gen. Sir Charles War-
Mi. .ommanding the fifth division, has
rtiurned there.
Commandant Demelllon, who was taken
prisoner at Elandsiaagte and brought to
Simonstown, where he was confined on the
British cruiser I’enelope, has succeeded in
raking his escape.
The Times this ihorning makes the fof
lowing announcement:
''We are informed that the government
Ims decided that it is not desirable to make
further demands upon the European gar
t son in India unless unforeseen difficulties
arise. ”
An undated heliograph message from
Ii lysmlth by way of Pietermaritzhufg,
r> presents the garrison as in no way
' tunned by Gen. Buller's reverse at Colcn
so and as conlldcnt of being able to hold
out indefinitely.
Tile mails are just arriving from Lady
smith. All the correspondents comment
!i i rly upon the superiority of the Boer
artillery.
T ie Times correspondent says:
t is impossible to evade the opinion
1 mi if British gunners were in the Boer
positions the loss of life and damage to
property in Ladysmith would be ten times
greater.”
The holidays have brought no surcease
of recruiting activity. Lord Alw.vne Fred
,r , k Compton, Unionist member of Par
lci inent for the Biggleswade division of
B‘ ifordshire, will raise a corps of mount
-1 ' men. Lord Salisbury’s private secre
-1 Mr. Schomberg McDonnell, who is a
mitoer officer, has volunteered for
service.
The Contraband Question.
The action of the United States govern
ment causes considerable discussion re
• ” ibig the contraband question as affect
ing Dolagoa bay and Portugal. Widely
il vi rgent opinions are expressed. The
Icily Graphic, In an editorial on the sub
ject. cays:
"We believe that every provision has
’a n made In Brilish treaties with the
United States for dealing with this matter.
In i lie special circumstances of the present
w *"’* the government is bound to regard
fed ns contraband. No doubt the question
cm Is* settled by paying compensation for
b . -elzures of American flour.
The question of neutrality, however, is
m r* serious, and Great Britain’s duty is
m have the Lourenzo Marquez-Transvaal
il* way watched by capable agents and
warn Portugal that she will be held lia
■" ;n damage* for assistance to the Boers
by means of the railway."
1 ie Morning Post, on the contrary, ar
p : s that the government wopld be mad
!? " it food os contraband, as “such ac
..’h "'ould play into the hands of all pos
* ■ future enemies of Great Britain."
1 Imits, however, that steps should be
ml' n and money expended to search ves
c* -and to prevent munitions of war cn
,fr "R die Transvaal by way of Portu
6"* ~* territory.
• he Standard says:
“We do not doubt that this matter Is re
ins 'he government’s serious attention.
W " campaign develops it may become
L !! ry 10 soize the railway at Komati
first baieh of Boer prisoners has ar
"'■•l n England.
1 is announced that Ihe government
' .accepted another offer of a squadron
1 ’-anadlan rough riders.
PRISONERS from storm berg.
•Ti’lhvlb Sny* Many British Were
Killed nl Tuuela River.
I t’-Mrla. Sunday, Doc. 17.—Over 300 Brit
-1 prisoners captured at the battle of
’ mihcrg, have arrived here. They have
/’ h‘k*ii to Waterfall to Join the other
r* betters,
’llctal account of the Boer casualties
M battle of Tugela river says thirty
w w, ‘re killed or wounded.
~ dehalkburger’a report of the hat-
I,' witched from the head laager, Dec.
[, ! ’ I V ot dawn Ihe day long expected
I , T"he Pretoria detachment of ar
j Have the nlnrm. tjen, Ilulidr'*
mlth relief column was In battle ir
lu 'vanning on Ihe Hoer poatllon*. close
" .Tugela and Culeuto, Thu center
Hip JHofrrittg.. JifatogL
consisted of an immense .crowd of infan
try, flanked on each side by two batteries,
with strong bodies of cavalry supporting.
The Boer artillery preserved absolute
silence, not disclosing its position. Two
batteries came within rifle distance of our
foremost position, and ‘the Boers then
opened Are with deadly effect. Our ar
tillery also commenced and apparently ab
solutely confused the enemy, who were
allowed to think the bridge was open for
them to cross. Their right flank, in the
meantime, attacked the Boers' southern
most position, but tjie Mauser rifle fire
was so tremendous that they were roiled
back like a spent wave, leaving ridges
and ridges of dead and dying humanity
behind.
"Again the British advanced to the at
tack, but again fell back, swelling the
heaps of dead. Their cavalry charged
to the river, whera the Ermelo commando
commenced such a murderous Are that
two batteries of cannon had to be aban
doned, which the Boers are going to bring
here. Twice the British essayed to bring
horses to remove them. The first tims
they r succeeded in hitching on to one can
non, and on the second trial the horses
and men fell in a heap."
“Then the British were in full retreat
to their camp, when they sent a heavy
shrnpnel fire on Bulwer bridge, across the
Tugela to prevent the burghers from re
covering the cannon.
"The French attache, Villebois, and the
German attache, Braun, says the light
could not have been improved upon by
the armies of Europe. Gens. Botha and
Trichart were always at the most dan
gerous points of the fighting.
“Eleven ambulances removed the Eng
lish dead and wounded.
“Such a tremendous cannonade has sel
dom been heard. The veldt, for miles,
was covered with dead and wounded. It
was a most crushing British defeat. Nine
of the cannon have since been brought
across the river.
“The British asked for and were grant
ed a twenty-four hours’ armistice.”
OFFICIALS ARE WORKED UP.
Trying: to Discover How Winston
Churchill Escaped.
Pretoria, Sunday, Dec. 17.—The govern
ment is much concerned about the es
cape of Winston Churchill and the offi
cials are doing their utmost to discover
how he got away. The officials have In
stituted a house-to-house search for in
criminating papers.
The Volkstem asserts that he escaped
disguised as a woman. The last book
Churchill borrowed from the library was
Mill, “On Liberty.”
The report of the gold output for No
vember shows the amount to be 61,788
ounces.
QCEEN REMAINED AT WINDSOR.
Spent Christmas There for First
Time in Thirteen Years.
London. Dec. 25.—For the first time In
thirteen years, Queen Victoria and the
royal family passed Christmas day at
Windsor.
The Duke and Duchess of Connaught
and the children of Princess Henry of
Battenberg were of the party.
Not only was there a baron of beef
arranged, but there was also a magnifi
cent Christmas tree, with many colored
candles for the children, in which the
Queen ev’nced the greatest interest.
It was, in fact, her express desire that
the grandchildren who assembled about
her to-day should not have their Christ
mas marred by the events which have
saddened her own heart, and the festivi
ties at Windsor Castle, though tirg.d with
sadness, such as tills all English hearts,
carried no suggestion of sorrow to the
children who gladdened the Queen's pres
ence with the solace she is always able to
find in the companlonhip of her youngest
descendants.
The keynote of the festivities at Windsor
to-day was Ihe Queen’s unalterable devo
tion to and faith in that empire which she
believes will ultimately achieve the high
est aims and ambition of her unselfish
reign.
Camilla to Semi Three Bntterlea.
Ottawa. Ont., Dec. 25.—Late to-night the
militia department received a cablegram
from the war office in London asking that
three field batteries be sent from Canada,
so there will be no change in the make
up of the second Canadian contingent.
THOSE SAVED FROM ARIOSTO.
List Furnished by Hnllrras Weather
Bureau Ofllelals.
Cape Henry, Va., Dec. 25.—The weather
bureau official at Hatteras furnishes the
following list of those saved from the
wreck of the steamship Ariosto:
Capt. Baines, Warren, Reed. Pettonr,
Anderson, Saline, Helsing, Petterson and
Henroth.
The Merritt & Chapman wrecking steam
er Rescue passed out of the Capes about
night on her way to the Ariosto.
ARIOSTO IS A TOTAL LOSS.
That Is What Capt. Baines Heporls
to Ihe Agents.
Norfolk, Va., Dec. 25,—Capt. Raines of
the British steamship Ariosto, which ran
ashore four miles south of the Cape Hat
teras life saving station yesterday morn
ing, to-day reported to the agents here
thabhis ship will prove a total loss.
The tug Rescue, which reached the
Ariosto this morning, has been unable to
do anything toward floating her because
of the rough sea off the coant.
A message, received at the weather bu
reau here, states that the Rescue has not
yet been able to even approach the Arios
to near enough to put a line aboard her.
The steamer still lies broadside on, and
BPliears to be making considerable water.
YOING MAN NI AS SHOT DEAD.
Eight at PelerulMirg, V„ That Ter
minated Fatally.
Richmond, Va., Do*. 25,-In Petersburg
this evening, John K. Parrish, a popular
young man, was shot and Instantly killed.
A friend had been beaten by railroad men
anil the light was renewed. Parrish wan
st milling on a porch, when a pistol was
tired and he fell dead, shot through Ihe
body.
Hurl Hunt, from Wisconsin, wan arrest,
ed, charged with the shooting. Jls denies
the charge* '
SAVANNAH. GA.. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 26. 1899.
CALIFORNIA WAS SHAKEN UP.
BUILDINGS BADLY' DAMAGED IN
SEVERAL TOWNS.
Earthquake Toppled Over Chimneys
and Cracked a Number of Y\ nils.
Loss In Two Small Towns Was
85,Ut10-So Far as Is Known Only
Six Squaws Were Killed—Shock
Felt In Los Angeles and Many Peo
ple Were Terrified.
Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 23,-At 4:25
o’clock this morning a severe earthquake
shock was felt over a large portion of
Southern California, the undulations last
ing about twelve seconds.
The entire center of tire shock appeared
to have been at San Jacinto, a small town
in Riverside county. The business portion
of San Jacinto consists of two blocks of
two story buildings, some of which are
buiit of brick. Ten or fifteen buildings
were damaged, chimneys being toppled
over and walls cracked and shaken.
The total damage at San Jacinto and
Hemlt, a small town near*by. is estimated
at $50,000. The targe tourist hotel at Hemlt
was damaged and the hospital at San Ja
cinto also suffered. The rear wall ot the
Johnson block at Hemit fell.
The only loss of life, so far as known,
was at the Saboba Indian reservation,
where six squaws were killed by falling
walls. A number of Indians were serloust
ly Injured.
The shock was heavy at Santa
Ana, Anaheim, San Bernardino, Riv
erside and other places, but'no particu
lar damage is reported except from San
Jacinto and Hemit.
In this city no damage was done, though
the shock was particularly violent. The
houses here are well filled with Eastern
tourists, and they were in many Instances
terrified at the unexpected disturbances
and rushed from their rooms in fright.
Wild reports concerning the earthquake
soon spread and the telegraph and tele
phone wires between this city and adjacent
towns were kept busy handling inquiring
messages.
It was reported that several lives were
lost in the collapse of the hotel at Hemit,
and there was another rumor to the* effect
that six Indians had been killed at the
same place, but fortunateley there was
no truth in these rumors of loss of life.
SHOCK FELT AT SAN DIEGO.
Tall Building* Were Shaken, But
Little Damage AY a* Done.
San Diego, Cal., Dec. 23.—The mest se
vere shock of earthquake experienced In
this city in fourteen years took, p ace at
4:25 a. m. to-day and was accompanied by
a loud rumbling noise.
The taller buildings in the city were
verely shaken, but no serious damaga
was done. A high wave struck the beach
ocean front soon after the shock, but no
damage was done to shipping.
A slighter shock followed the first one a
few seconds later.
DIS ASTER AT SAN JACINTO.
IlnnincM* Street Made a Complete
W reck by Earthqnake.
San Jacinto. Cal., Dec. 25.—A disastrous
earthquake occurred at 4:25 o’clock tills
morning.
Nearly every two-story building was
wrecked and it is estimated that the dam
age will aggregate over $50,000.
The main shock was preceded by a loud,
roaring sound and awakened many just in
time to escape from the doomed buildings.
The business street is such a wreck that
tons of debris had to be removed before
the buildings could be entered.
At * Saboba Indian reservation, six
squaws were killed by falling walls, two
fatally injured and many seriously injur
ed.
The shock caused dry artesian wells to
flow larger streams than ever before. Con
siderable damage was reported in near-by
villages.
CAME Ol’T IN NIGHT SHIRTS.
Hundred* of People Terrified by Ihe
Shock at Santa Ann.
Santa Ana, Cal., Dec. 25.—The severest
earthquake In years visited this section
this morning at 4:25 o'clock. Third-story
hotel guests were almost rolled out of
ted. Clocks were slopped all over the city
and the walis of several brick buildings
were badly cracked.
Hundreds of people were on the streets
n few seoonds after the shock, some ap
pearing in night clothes and remaining up
until daylight.
SEVERAL BUILDINGS CRACKED.
Hut No Serion* Damage W Done In
Town of Anaheim.
Anaheim, Cal., Dec. 25.—The heaviest
earthquake shock ever known here occurr
ed at 4:25 this morning. It lasted fully ten
seconds and was violent from the begin
ning. Lodging houses wtr* emptied and
the streets were filled with shivering peo
ple. A number of buildings were cracked
but no serious damage was done.
FOUR KILLED IN A WRECK.
Operator Who Caused It nt Onre
Took to the Hill*.
Missoula, Mont., Dec. 25.—8 y a wreck on
the Northern Pacific this morning, about
6 o'clock, six miles east of Bear Mouth,
four men were killed and several injured,
more or less seriously.
The dead are Engineer K. B. Rhelm,
Fireman C. A. Dickson and two tramps,
who were stealing a ride.
The Injured are Brake man Wallace Mix,
seriously scalded and bruised; Engineer
Be)>ee and Conductor L A. Yak**.' Other
trainmen were injured, but not seriously.
The operator at Bonito allowed the
freight i radii from the wyst to paas when
it should have been held on the aid Inf*
As soon as the operator heard of ihe
wreck he took to the hills and has not
been heard of. He was a substitute.
Eleven Horae* Were llurned. ’
Cap" Charles, Va., Dec. 25—The bam
and Htntkfc'S of Capt. Charles H. Morgan
were burner) yesterday. Including eleven
hof'ws. seven head of cattle and a loss of
proveuder. Loss $5,900, no tnsurauc*
CHRISTMAS DAY IN HAVANA.
Gen. YVood I* Arranging to Give Em
ployment to Many Men.
Havana, Dec. 25.—A1l Ihe stores In Ha
vana closed at 10 o’clock this morning and
the rest of the day wax devoted to conviv
iality.
Only two newspapers appeared with th
usual editions. Bands played on the Prado.
Americans generally visited friends, most
of these having families here giving din-,
ners and Inviting others of their acquaint
ance*.
Gen. Wood says he Intends to begin work
at once upon the highways, which are
greatly in need of repair. This will also
serie to give employment to a large num
ber of men.
The school system will also be imme
diately reorganized. Alexis Frye, super
intendent of Cuban schools. wSJJ ire rein
forced with two or three othtr commis
sioners.
The judiciary will form the subject of
early attention, particularly the jails and
the existing system of keeping prisoners
for months wlthoul trial. An order will
issue directing that a complete list of pris
oners held for trial be furnished monthly.
Senor Pierra says:
"If the United States really Intend to
fulfill the pledge of the joint resolution
and to hand Cuba over to the Cubans,
President McKinley should outline the ba
sis on which the Cubans could work In or
der to form a government such as the
United States would consider adequate.
By doing this ha would confer a great
benefit upon Cuba, as most of our people
are keenly desirous of doing something
toward forming a but are ig
norant as to the best way to proceed. The
leaders also differ among themselves. The
existing political parties were originally
intended to educate our people in political
methods, but owing to disagreements.be
tween well-meaning politicians, erroneous
ideas are likely to be sown in untrained
minds. These ideas must, soon or later,
be .eradicated.”*
CHRISTMAS FUN AT POTSDAM.
Tree for Each of the Member* of the
German Hoyal Family.
Berlin, Dec. 25.—Emperor William cele
abrated Christmas in the usual manner at
New Palace, Potsdam. At S o'clock he at
tended a Bescheerung for the members of
the imperial family und the court entour
age. There were seven trees for the chil
dren, graded in size according to their
ages, that of Princess Louise being very
small.
A large, fin© tree foe the Emperor and
Empress had been cut from the adjacent
wild park. For the gentlemen and ladies
of the court entourage a particularly hand
some tree was provided.
On this latter tree hung numerous presi
ents of a humorous character, each re
minding the recipient, in a teasing way,
of some untoward event of the year. Ba
ron Von Mirbach, chief court marshal, re
ceived a contribution, box in chocolate, the
allusion being to his work in collecting
money to build churches in Berlin. This
gift caused great laughter.
CHRISTY! YS IN YVASfIINGTON.
Day Was a Quiet One anel Few Peo
ple YY ere t> the Streets.
Washington,- Dec. 25.—Christmas day,
always quiet at ihe nation's capital, was
unusually so this year. All of the execu
tive departments are closed and practically
all the members of both branches of Con
gress are out of the city. Services were
held in many churches and as the dinner
hour approached the streets were desert
ed.
At the White House a quiet day was
spent. About 10 o’clock the President took
a walk alone through the grounds at the
South of the mansion and then Joined
Mrs. McKinley In the family living room.
There were no callers, and no guests.
Neither attended church and at the usual
hour they dined alone.
NEW YORK POOR WELL FED.
Thousands Given Dinner at the Mad
ison Square Garden.
New York, Dec. 25.—N0 one had to go
without a Christmas dinner to-day. The
greatest exemplification of this was seen
at the Madison Square Garden, where the
Salvation Army fed thousands by the dis
tribution of 3.200 baskets with food enough
for five persons in each basket. Six thou
sand more dinners were served on Ihe
main floor at 6 o'clock this evening.
The early morning scenes at the Gar
den were as unusual as they were Inter
esting. Never before has charity been
dispensed on so large a scale, and the
Salvation Army people have been working
like beavers for a month to make this
prodigious dispensation a success.
POOR OF PHILADELPHIA.
Salvation Army , Distributed Many
Banket* of Food.
Philadelphia, Dec. 25.—Christmas in this
city witnessed as never before the fruit*
of charity. A dinner for B,COO people was
provided by the Salvation Army and bask
ets of food were distributed among poor
families.
. The American Volunteers furnished din
ners in a slmillar way to about 600 pocr
children and the Protestant Episcopal
city mission fed 1,000 individuals.
The Children’s Christmas Club gave its
gnnual dinner to l.OOi) poor boys and girls
and distributed toys among them.
Cincinnati’s Poor Fenated.
Cincinnati, Dec. 25.—The Salvation Army
fed 3,500 poor at a dinner to-day and also
distributed 1,500 baskets of provisions,
which, together, are equivalent to giving
a dinner to 8,000 persons.
DISTRIBUTED ABOUT $70,600,
American Express Company Scut $5
to Knell of It* Employe*.
Cleveland. Dec. 26.— Every employe of
the American Express Company through
out the country to-day received a check
for $6, as a Christmas gift from the com
pany. A circular, accompanying the
checks, atatea that the gift la made for
faithfulness in the performance of duly.
As ihe company operates between Maine
and Oregon, there are several thousand
employe*. Il 1* estimated that in. „g•
gregaia sum of th gift will reach $*9,900
or *79,009.
FOUR MORE BODIES FOUND.
BRAZNELL MINE YV YS KNOWN TO
BE DANGEROUS.
Pit Ro*m Jour* IxNiicd a General Or
der to the Effect That the Miners
Cobid Dispense YVIIIi Safely Lamp*.
Eight More Bodies Known to Be
In the Mine—Mannger liras,util
Snld the Company Had No state
ment to Make.
Brownsville, I'a., Doc. 25.—Search for
bodies of the dead In the Braznell mine
still goes on. Four more bodies have been
recovered, but not Identified.
Tho mine officials admit that two or
more bodies are still In the mine, but rep
resentatives of the Slavonic Society have
made a house to house canvass and report
that eight of their number alone are in
the wreck and how many others they do
not know.
That naked lights and unlocked safety
lamps were used In a dangerous mine was
officially confirmed to-day by Pit Boss
Thomas Jones, who made a statement
which form* the most sensational chapter
of the management of the mine which has
yet developed. Mr. Jones was asked if It
was true that on last Tuesday morning he
Issued a general order that the miners
could dispense with safety lamps.
"Yes sir," was the reply.
"Why did you issue the order?"
“I considered that llie mine was safe os
the ‘break through' had been fixed up."
"Safety lamps were used before Tues
day?"
"Y’es.”
"Is it true that some safety lamps In
use in Ihe mine were not locked?”
"Yes, It is true that some were not
locked, because I thought the men who
used them were competent to carry them
unlocked.”
"Was that not contrary to the regula
tions?"
"Oh. there may be a regulation, but men
sometimes carry unlocked lamps, where it
is known that they are experienced min.
era.”
Mine Superintendent Boyer, when In
formed of tile statement made by Pit Boss
Jones, said:
“1 know nothing of the order Issued on
Tuesday, but consider Jones a capable
man, who knows his business, and I sup
pose he used his Judgment.”
A. 8. Braznell, manager of the mine,
Said:
"I know nothing of such an order. I
have no part in the dlreot management ot
the mine, as our pit officials are the re
sponsible parlies. The company has no
statement to make.”
A pathetic story Is told of little Albert
Meese, who died after being rescued. He
lived only a few steps from the shaft. He
went to his window Saturday morning
and looked out, saying to his father:
“Papa, I guess there is no use of me
going to work this morning, os there is
no loading.”
The father sold he had lieltor go and
help him feed the mules. They both start
ed out together and never returned to
their homo alive.
Christmas day was a sad one to many a
family about Braznell. In fact, the ex
citement caused by the terrible accident
drove all thought of holiday festivities
from the homes of all who live in tho
neighborhood, even those who had no
friends killed.
The revised list of the recovered dead
numbers fifteen, and there are twelve men
missing, who are almost absolutely cer
tain to be in tho ruins.
YOING MILITARY GOVERNOR.
He YYIII E*lahll*li Permanent Sta
tion* la Several Town*.
Manila, Dec. 26, 9 a. m.—den. Young has
been appointed military governor of the
provinces of Northwestern Luzon, with
headquarters at Vigan.
His command Includes the Thirty-third
Infantry, under Col. Luther R. Hare, and
the Third Cavalry. He will establish per
manent stations a_t San Fernando and
Laoag, with outposts wherever needed.
The Sixteenth Infnntry will proceed to
Aparri, garrisoning such towns as may be
deemed necessary in the provinces of Ca
gayan, Isabella and Neuvo Viscaya, of
which Col. Hood has been appointed mili
tary governor.
Gen. Wood and Col. Hood are establish
ing civil municipal governments, and the
ports in Northern Luzon will be opened
for trade about Jan. 1.
ATTACKED THE OPERATOR.
He Kill One Man and Other* Are
Danreron*ly Wounded,
Richmond, Dec. 25.—News reaches here
of a serious situation at Vlrgliina, Halifax
county. Particulars are meager, as the
telegraph operator is badly, perhaps, fat
ally wounded.
It is stated that one Loftls entered the
depot and fired several timeß at Turner,
the operator, when Turner returned the
fire and killed his mail. Friends of Ihe
man attacked Turner, a general fight fol
lowed and Turner received a terrible gash
in the throat, while several other men,
two of whom will probably die, were
wounded.
At last acoounts a mob was threatening
to lynch Turner, but he was being guard
ed ill the depot by armed friends.
All the parties, it is said, are white.
The sheriff lias gone to the scene.
HANNA IffUARK* HIMSELF.
Ill* Street Car Llae Distributed U 5,090
to It* Employe*.
Cleveland, Dec. 25.—The Cleveland City
Railway Company, known locally as the
Little Consolidated, of which Senator
Hanna is president, has distributed nearly
$5,000 among its employes In Christmas
gifts. Between 800 and 900 men employed
on electric and cable tinea received $5
each.
OSCAR WILDE CHALLENGED.
He Mny Hi to Flifhl a Duel a* the
IHeanlt of a Dispute.
Part*, Dec. 26.—Oscar E. Wilde, who ha*
for some time 1 been living In Paris, may
have to fight a dual. According to the
Echo de Part*, he became involved in an
altercation In a restaurant laat evening
.with M. Itichel, the explorer, and a* a
result card* were exchanged.
MORGAN'S SCATHINO REPLY.
Reiterates What Hu Had to Sny
About tiov. Johnston.
I Birmingham. Ala., Dee. $. —Senator
John T. Moreau has replied lo the open
letcef of Gov. Johnston,’charging that off
tain Indirect statements made eoneernlnK
his (Johnston's) connection with the unl
ve|lly land scandal upon the floor o£ the
United States Senate, were untrue.
The reply severely criticises the Gover
nor's action In connection with the min
of variable mineral lands of the state uni
versity property to the Slosa-Sheffleld Steel
and,lron Company. It continues In part:
“You have attempted lo put my state
ment In a false and garbled way, so that
you eoukl make a denial of what you
either Invented or profess to have heard
that 1 have said In the Senate, knowing
that you could not deny ivhat I did say.”
After quoting from the Record lha
words used in reference lo all Ala him i
corporations seeking protection of the
laws of New Jersey, Senator Morgan con
tinues:
"The charge is distinct and uuarobtgu
ons that you owned or had owned a large
amount of stock In an Alabama corpora
tion, one of m-vernl that had sold 111 lr
property of every kind to the New Jer
sey company and that this Alabama. me
lioration 'leads the procession’ In a mon
ster monopoly that had lo leave Alabama
to find home and shelter In New Jersey,
You cannot mlsundt inland this charge,
nor can any honest man mistake It. And
as I stated It in the Senate, yon know
that It Is strictly true.”
In conclusion Senator Morgan says:
"You doubtless feel very strong in your
supposed ability to rule the state by the
machinery In your hands; but very recent
lessons should admonish you that you are
also subject to (he power of the laws,
stato and federal, and you cannot press
your defiant contempt of the rights ot the
state and the people to romplete success.”
TROOIMfiII SENT TO ANY 1.1 M.
_______ -or
He Urea me Crn> From Drink and
Was shooting Promiscuously,
Washington, Dec. 26.—'The case of Nich
olas Davis of Troop H, Third Cuvalry,
having been reported lo Gen. Merritt, com
manding the Department of tho East at
Now Yqrk, he has authorised the commit
ment of tho man to the government hos
pital for the Insane near this clly.
who became Insane ovCr fancied wrong*
inflicted by members of til* troop at Fdrt
Myer,-Va., and who, inspired by drink, du
plicated at Fort Myer ihtfl malnAneldent Jn
Rudyanl Kipling's story’"ln the Matter
of a PtlVaie,'’ Olilalnirif- a Krag-Jor
genaen rifle and A guindy of amißiudUon,
he barricaded hlmtulf In the troop's quar
ters and began tiring through (he open
windows at every person who came wdth-.
In range of his Weapon. Fortunately lie
failed to hit anybody.
The commandant at the fort, after ex
hausting nil possible efforts to capture the
crazy trooper without sacrificing the lives
of any of his men, finally ordered him shot,
and a sergeant and n squad were detailed
for that purpose. Instead of ordering o
volley fired, however, the sergeant, who
Is a crack marksman, took a single shot
at the crazed soldier. Only Davis' head
and the slock and barrel of his rifle could
be seen above the window sill. The ser
geant's bullet broke the ammunition cham
ber of the Krag-Jorgensen, driving the
pieces of metal Into Davis' face and head,
stunning, but not killing him.
FIND FOII IjAHTOY'S WIDOW.
('bailees Are That It M ill Ultimately
Reach RSO.tHHI.
Washington, Dec. 25.—The total sub
scription lo the Lawton fund up to noon
of Christmas day was $14,329.55. The com
mittee has determined to continue tho
work at least until the 2nd of January.
It Is not at all Improbable that the fund
will eventually reach the sum of $50,000.
The original Intention was to raise only
n fund sufficient to pay off the mortgago
of about $15,000 on the Lawton homestead
at Redlands, Cal., but the generous re
sponse to the appeal encourages the corn,
mlttee to believe that enough money will
be subscribed beyond that sum to place
Mrs. Lawton and her children altove want
for the rest of their lives.
Among those who have promised sub
scriptions are William K. Vanderbilt,
$1,000; J. Pierpont Morgan, $1,000; C. P.
Huntington, $1,000; Thomas F. Ryan of
New York, SI,OOO, and Miss Helen Gould,
SSOO. Tho committee expects to receive
at least ten subscriptions of SI,OOO each.
ST. OSWALD TOWED THE MO NT.
Steamer From Savannah Picked Up
a Disabled Vessel.
Ixindon, Doe. 25.—Advices from St. Mich
ael, Azore Islands, report the arrival ut
the British steamer St. Oswald, Copt. Cur.
tis, from Savannah, Dec. 7, via Norfolk,
Dec. 9, for Havre and Antwerp, having iri
tow the British steamer Tremont, Capt.
Brown, which sailed from Baltimore, Deo.
4 and Hampton Roads Dec. 5. for Lent
don, and which had been picked up dis
abled, with the loss of her propellor. The
Tremont will discharge her cargo of cat
tle.
FOR MPHDER OK SCARBOROUGH.
Pnvls and Ills Two Boas Were Ar
rested at .Slidell, La.
Slidell, La., Dec. 25.—Dobb Davis and
his two sons, Sam and Roy, were arrested
lost night for the shooting of B. F. Scar
borough and the murder of his 3-year-old
child Saturday night.
Davis and Scarborough had been at dag
ger’s point for some time owing to a dif
ficulty over hogs.
•tig Fire at Hastings, Minn.
Hastings. Minn., Dee. 25.—Nearly three
blocks of buildings In the business por
tion of the town were burned early to
day, with a loss of about $200,000. The flro
broke out in It. C. Libby A Co.’s saw
mill, evidently the work of an Incendiary,
and the entire plant, with atore houses,
lumber, office, sheds, etc., were consumed.
Had Wreck In California.
Pomona, Cal., Die. 25 A broken wheel
on the engine of the local train from Los
Angeles, which was due to arrive In Po
mona at s:tg o'clock last night, caused a
bad wreck. Three iN-rsona were killed
and twenty-one were Injured, All the peo
ple killed and Injured reside !h tide sec
tion.
DATLT, $3 A TRAIL
( CENTS A COPY.
weekly vtuaes-a-wekje a A fill
BURIAL OF MAINE’S VICTIMS.
WILL Ilk! INTERRED AT AHI.INQTON
NEXT THURSDAY.
Rattleshlp Texas Hits \rrlved nt New
port News—Texas Encountered a
Gale Off Ha I terns—Ea I her Chld
h'k la Charge of the Remains of
the Dead Heroes—About Twenty
Bodies Were Identified and Will
lie gent to Their Relatives.
Newport News, Va., Dec. 25.—The battle,
ship Texaa, In command of Capt. Sigsbeo,
arrived here shortly before noon to-day
with tho remains of the men who lost
their lives by the destruction of the bat.
ilcshlp Maine In Havana harbor. >
The bodies of the 151 Maine heroes wAiloll
were-brought up on the Texas, will bg
transferred to a Chesapeake and Ohlti
train to-morrow at 13 o'clock, and will be
taken to Washington for Interment lis
Arlington Cemetery next Thursday. *
Jhe Texas left Havana last Thursday.
She encountered n gale off Hatteraa, bug
had good weather until ehs reached that
point. She anchored in Lynn Haven bay
lust nighl and came up to Old Point ttiia
morning. After the quarantine regulations
hud hcen compiled with, she proceeded t<s
this city.
The Rev. Father, Chldwlck, who waff
chaplain on the Maine, Is In charge o< the
remain* of the dead heroes and will ac
company them to Washington.
Not more than a score of the bodies on
the Texas were Identified. The names of
these are Inscribed on tho coffins whlct
Inclose Iheir mortal remains.
There were no ceremonies here to-day In
honor of the arrival of the Maine's dead,
but impressive exercises will take place to
morrow when the bodies are transferred
from the ship to the train.
The funeral train will arrive Id Waffh.
Ington to-morrow at midnight.
President Will He There.
Washington, Dec. 25.—The remains o$
thq dead of the battleship Maine wrfll ar
rive here to-morrow and will be Interred
at Arlington Cemetery Thursday at 1$
o’clock In the presence of president Mc-
Kinley, most of the members of his cab
inet, and a large contingent of army and
navy officers and others.
The funeral rites over tho dead will he
performed by Chaplain Chldwlck, who was
attadhed lo the battleship when she was
blown up In Havana bay. The chaplain
of 'the Naval' Araik-my will assist him.
A pretty .grassy knoll near where tho
Saptlogo dead rest hryj been selected as
tfio Anal nMdlng place of the remains of
the dead, ashmen. . J *
if JUjlutllips { and . fiMends have claimed
Ivrenty-(wee of the bodies and will give
them private Interment under an arrange,
ment with tho navy department, widen
has taken charge of the burial of all th
bodies, either unidentified or unclaimed.
Assistant Secretary Allen to-day, In ex
plaining fche course of the department,
su’d:
"It Is the desire of Secretary Long that
the wishes of all the relatives of those
who died on the Maine to give them a
private burial he complied* with, and
Chaplain Chldwlck, who superintended the
dlnlnt ortne-v- cf the Imdles, was instructed
(o prepare lists of the Identified remains
In order that this might be done. There
nr- iu. c-sk' ts, and many of them con
tain bodies which have been Identified
and will be sent to those claiming them.
The unidentified nnd unclaimed bodies will
Im burled at Arlington, and the graves of
those Identified will be marked by head
stones.”
HANNA AND HtI,VATIOS ARMY.
He Spoke to Those Who Fed tlia
I’obr People of Cleveland.
Cleveland, 0., Dec. 25.—The Salvation
Army fed mnny'of the poor of the city
to-day. In the morning: clothing and 500
basket*, each containing the materials for
a Christmas dinner for five persona, were
distributed among needy families from tho
Y. H, C. A. building.
At 11:30 o'clock 2,500 other poor people,
many of them street boys, were given a
Christmas dinner in the Gray's armory.
Before the dinner. Col. Hols of the 8a I
vatlon Army Introduced Senator Hanna
for a speech.
The Senator heartily extended the greet*
Ings of tho season to those present, and
paid a warm tribute to the men and wo
men of the Salvation Army.
"As citizens,” he declared, "we can
never ahow the appreciation they are en
titled to. God bless them.”
He then thanked the who
contributed to the fund which enabled the
urmy to provide a happy Christman this
ye.tr for many In Cleveland, who, other
wise, would not have had It.
“Their giving was not charity,” he said.
"It was the overflowing of kindness In the
hearts of the iteople. To such sentiment
we look for the future of our city, our
state and our country and the civilization
of the world. I wish you all a happy
feast.”
"God bless the Senator," shouted Col.
Holz.
“Amen!” yelled thS boys.
Then the good things on the table be
gan lo disappear.
IlltO W % MURDERED II IS WIFE.
Fired a llullet Into Her Head and
Fled to the Woods.
Albany, Ga., Dec. 25.—Sam Brown, a.
young negro, killed his wife. Mamie
Brown, on Frank W. McCarthy’s place, a
mile west of Albany, early this morning.
Brown and hla wife had been away from
home for some time, returning only last
night. They went out to 'McCarthy's place
to spend the night, and early this morn
ing negroes In a room adjoining the one
where they slept. head a pistol shot.
Brown ran out of the house and fled,
leaving his wife on the floor whit a bul
let hole through her head.
Hounds were put on the murderer's
track soon after the tragedy occurred, but
he could not be captured, though tha
chase has not yet been abandoned. The
cause of the killing Is not known.
SHOT HIS IFF. AMD HIM*KBF.
Jacksonville Electrician Dead, ling
His Wire Will Recover,
Jacksonville, Fla.. Dee. Peter J. ir<*.
Irrl, an etc trivial) of this city, shot his
wife and ri‘*U turned the weapon on him
self, Indi ting wounds from which be died,
Mrs. Hoi Oca t will recover.